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"An electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and her son, and the lengths she'll go to protect him. The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the...
7) Belly up
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Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction--Henry the hippopotamus--is murdered.
8) Vampenguin
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A young vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for a day of mischief and fun.
10) Zoo
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Provides a behind-the-scenes look at a working day at the zoo, from the moment the workers arrive until the night guard locks the gate.
11) Panda-monium
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Teddy Fitzroy must solve the crime of the kidnapped rare and expensive panda, Li Ping.
12) Ellie
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When zookeeper Walt announces that the zoo will have to close, all of the animals pitch in to try to save their home, but it's Ellie the elephant who reveals a talent that just may keep the zoo open for good.
14) Zoobreak
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After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.
17) If I ran the zoo
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If Gerald McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the animals go and fill it with more unusual beasts--a ten-footed lion, an Elephant-Cat, a Mulligatawny, a Tufted Mazurka, and others.
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Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. -- From book jacket.
20) Big game
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"Someone is trying to hunt FunJungle's Asian greater one-horned rhinoceros, and twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is on the case"--